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DRC's Bemba deserved 'significantly longer' sentence

Interview: Mark Caldwell June 21, 2016

Legal expert Mark Ellis says ex-DR Congo Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba deserved more than 18 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC sentenced Bemba on Tuesday.

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ICC Trial against Jean-Pierre Bemba at The Hague
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Mark Ellis is the executive director of the International Bar Association.

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Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba

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